You’re describing the internet though. If two people meet in a public space and conspire to commit a crime, the public space isn’t fined. In the same way that if two people on Lemmy meet and then conspire to commit a crime, the space shouldn’t be fined.
If OTOH the platform owner was made aware and didn’t take action, then yes that would be aiding a crime.
This won’t fly in Russia. Everyone already uses a VPN. They tried to ban telegram and it didn’t take. Russians won’t accept this. I think a lot of people in the west think Russia is an autocratic dictatorship but they’ll revolt if they’re not happy.
You’re describing the internet though. If two people meet in a public space and conspire to commit a crime, the public space isn’t fined. In the same way that if two people on Lemmy meet and then conspire to commit a crime, the space shouldn’t be fined. If OTOH the platform owner was made aware and didn’t take action, then yes that would be aiding a crime.